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EDIFY (edified)

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Dictionary entry overview: What does edify mean?

• EDIFY (verb)
The verb EDIFY has 1 sense:

1. make understand

Familiarity information: EDIFY used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• EDIFY (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Make understand

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

edify; enlighten

Context example:

Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal

Hypernyms (to "edify" is one way to...):

instruct; learn; teach (impart skills or knowledge to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The performance is likely to edify Sue

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